User Manual

THE COMBINATOR
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About internal and external connections
Unlike other devices, the Combinator contains both external and internal audio connections.
D External connections are used to connect a Combinator to devices outside the Combi.
D Internal connections are how devices within the Combi are connected.
External connections
D The “Combi Output L/R” connectors carry the audio output of the Combinator.
This output connects with a device outside the Combi, normally a mixer. Internally, this output is connected to the
“From Devices” connectors. When you create a new Combinator this output will be auto-routed to the first avail-
able mixer input channel.
D The “Combi Input L/R” connectors is the input to the Combinator (used for effect Combis only).
Internally, this input is connected to the “To Devices” connectors.
Internal Connections
D The “From Devices L/R” inputs is where the outputs from devices in the Combi are connected.
D The “To Devices L/R” outputs connect to an input on a device in the effect Combi.
About External Routing
If an individual device in the Combi is directly connected to a device outside the Combinator, this is known as an “Ex-
ternal Routing” connection, which should generally be avoided. The reason for this is that such connections are not
saved with the Combi patch.
D Therefore, all connections to/from a Combi should pass via the To/From Device connectors on the Combinator
device if you wish to make the Combi self-contained.
If a Combi contains external routing connections, this is indicated both on the front and back panels of the Combina-
tor; On the front panel “External Routing” is displayed in the Patch name display, and on the back panel a LED indi-
cator is lit.
It is still possible to use a Combi with External Routing connections within the context of a song (where all routings
are saved with the song). Just keep in mind that the external routing connections will not be part of the patch!